Talk:Gallocatechol
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[edit] gallocatechol vs epigallocatechin?
The page listed at gallocatechol is shown as a redirect from epigallocatechin. Ideally, this should be the other way round, because the chemical shown is the epi- form (gallocatechin would have opposite stereocenters). Epigallocatechin is the more common name. As you are an admin, please move these pages appropriately. MatthewEHarbowy 14:44, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- "Gallocatechol" is listed as the first name at PubChem and MeSH, but this may be a situation where people in different fields use different names for the same molecule. I'd recommend that you ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chemistry, and cross-post at Talk:Gallocatechol. --Arcadian 16:57, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
- look at the relative number of citations for gallocatechol, gallocatechin, and epigallocatechin, for example, in geometrically increasing order in say, references for each in Google Scholar. There may indeed be different uses in different fields, but it would seem in terms of relative significance, the word "epigallocatechin" is in more common use, particularly since references to its gallate ester are legion. It may be "proper" to list it as such in MeSH, but for an encyclopedia the term "epigallocatechin" seems far more appropriate. I will crosspost to Talk:Gallocatechol. MatthewEHarbowy 23:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
